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Consultant, author, speaker, and problem solver all describe San Jose, California, resident Brian McGiffert
Brian McGiffert of the San Francisco Bay Area has owned his own consulting business and served at both start-up companies and Fortune 100 businesses. Well-versed in project and program management, as well as software quality assurance leadership, he possesses experience in hardware and software products alike. As a program manager, he implements creative solutions to reach or exceed business objectives. As a team builder, he mentors team members to rise within the ranks and maintains a cooperative, productive group of employees. Most recently, Brian McGiffert contributed his talents to the NVIDIA Corporation of Santa Clara, California, a company that uses a modified form of Agile software development to create high-performance consumer and business graphics processing units (GPUs). There, McGiffert functioned as Program Manager, coordinating the schedule and release of tools and scripts for automated software quality assurance testing. He worked extensively with engineers in India and China, as well as in Santa Clara. Before he joined NVIDIA, Brian McGiffert started up one technology and two non-technology businesses. At Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, he took on responsibility for building and managing Cross-Platform Integration Quality. In this role, he managed a team that grew to 40 software quality assurance employees tasked with quality assurance testing of Apple hardware and software products for the Microsoft Windows environment. With team members in the United States and Ireland, Brian McGiffert managed as many as 22 projects simultaneously Brian McGiffert additionally served at companies including LANQuest Labs, where he held the position of Lab Manager and Division Manager; and Starlight Networks & PictureTel, where he acted as Manager of Software Quality Assurance. Brian McGiffert founded a company called Network Analysis Associates, as well, which served clients such as Apple and UB Networks, providing them with software quality assurance management, performance testing, technical writing, and marketing. Brian McGiffert has spoken at numerous trade shows and written networking articles for industry publications. Brian McGiffert graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and from Stanford University with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Product Design.
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Brian Mcgiffert's Companies
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NVIDIA
Program Manager
Program managed SW releases within the 250-person software QA department, initially in GPU SWQA, and later in Automation & Tools. NVIDIA uses a form of Agile software development.
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Self Employed
Business Owner, Consultant, & Contractor
Started and managed two non-technology businesses, and worked as a contractor at a VoIP telecom startup.
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Reasons to Visit the French Quarter of New Orleans, By Brian Mcgiffert
May, 2012
Among the most historically rich and interesting places in the United States, the French Quarter is New Orleans’s oldest neighborhood. Numerous buildings in the Quarter date from before the city became a part of the United States. Ironically, most of the buildings in the French Quarter date from the period of Spanish control, as fires in 1788 and 1794 destroyed the previously standing French Colonial architecture.
The French Quarter is a vibrant and active place, alive with history and flowing with energy from the millions of visitors who flock there each year. Among the colonial era buildings still standing are the Napoleon House, the Convent of the Ursulines (the oldest building in Louisiana), and Jackson Square. Named after the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson, Jackson Square is the traditional parade grounds for the city.
In addition to its historic buildings, the French Quarter is known for its colorful and raucous streets, the most famous of which is Bourbon Street, or Rue Bourbon. Bourbon Street is home to dozens of drinking establishments, including the Old Absinthe House, the Napoleon House Bar, and Pat O’Brien’s Bar. The latter was home to the first Dueling Pianos.
About the Author: A programmer and project manager based in California, Brian McGiffert has been visiting New Orleans for years. McGiffert vacations in the French Quarter with his wife nearly every summer.
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